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| Prohibits the establishment of a state religion and guarantees freedom to practice religion; protects freedom of speech and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government | ||
| Protects the right to keep and bear arms, and mentions this right in the context of a "well-regulated militia." | ||
| Prohibits the stationing of troops in people's homes without their consent or as set down in law during wartime. | ||
| Protects against unreasonable search and seizure; probable cause is required to get a warrant to conduct a search, and the warrant must describe the place to be searched and what is to be seized. | ||
| Provides for indictment by a grand jury for capital or serious crimes; protects against double jeopardy; guarantees due process and eminent domain. | ||
| Guarantees the right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, to be informed about charges, to confront witnesses and present witnesses in defense, and to have representation by an attorney. | ||
| Provides for a trail by jury in most civil cases. | ||
| Prohibits excessive bail and fines as well as the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment. | ||
| The people are not denied any rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. | ||
| Powers not granted to the federal government nor denied to the states in the Constitution, belong ot the states or to the people. Reserved powers - authority that states have to determine their own marriage and divorce laws is an example of a reserved power. | ||
| Sets limits on suits against states by citizens of another state or foreign country(1795) | ||
| Ensures that electors cast separate ballots for president and vice-president in the electoral college(1804) | ||
| Prohibits slavery in the united States(1865) | ||
| Defines citizens as anyone born or naturalized in the US; prohibits states from denying any person life, liberty, or property without due process, or denying any person equal protection under the laws(1868) | ||
| Prohibits denying the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude(1870) | ||
| Authorizes federal income tax(1913) | ||
| Provides for direct election of senators(1913) | ||
| Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of intoxicating liquor; ushers in the era known as Prohibition(1919) | ||
| Grants women the right to vote(1920) | ||
| Changes dates when president, vice-president, and members of Congress take office and congress convenes; covers presidential succession in an emergency(1933) | ||
| Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment(1933) | ||
| Effectively limits the president to two terms(1951) | ||
| Extends the right to vote in presidential elections to the District of Columbia(1961) | ||
| Prohibits payment of poll tax or other tax in order to vote in a federal election(1964) | ||
| States that the vice president becomes president, if the presdient is removed from office, resigns, or dies; also states that the new president nominates a new vice president to fill a vice-president vacancy(vice president is then confirmed by a majority of both houses of Congress); also presents the procedures for dealing with presidential disability(1967) | ||
| Lowers voting age to 18 in state and federal elections(1971) | ||
| Changes law stating the compensation of members of congress does not go into effect until after an election to the House(1992) |
